Theory of William Wordsworth Prepared and present by : Gohil

Beenaba S Roll No : 15 Course: Literary theory and criticism Email Id: binagohil1995@gmail.com Submitted: Department of English,M.K.

Bhavnagar University

Introduction Born: 7 April,1770 Occupation : Poet Literary Movement:

Romanticism Works: Lyrical

Ballad, Daffodils, The Excursion

Definition

Poetry is the spontaneous overflow of powerful feelings

recollected in tranquility

Daffodils

Daffodils

Characteristics Simplicity on diction: “Child is a father of

man” Reflection of nature: His “Lucy”

poems. Easy to understand: I wandered lonely

as a cloud. Depth in a meaning: “ Child is a father

of man”